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'''Roger Trézel''' (1918 – 1986) was a French [[Contract bridge|bridge]] player and writer. He and his long-time regular partner [[Pierre Jaïs]] were the first two of ten players who have won the [[Triple Crown of Bridge]].<ref name=triple>{{OEB|7CD|251}}</ref> Their achievement was unique for more than twenty years<ref name=truscott86/> and they accomplished it on the earliest occasion possible. Having played on the France team that won the [[Bermuda Bowl#1956 Paris, France|1956 Bermuda Bowl]] representing Europe against <!--OEB says US but maybe North America?--> the United States, they won the inaugural renditions of both premier [[World Bridge Federation]] quadrennial events, the 1960 [[World Team Olympiad]] and the 1962 [[World Open Pairs Championship]].<ref name=triple/><ref name=truscott86/>
They used a [[canapé (bridge)|canapé system]], generally bidding the second-longest suit first, and their becoming one of the world's strongest pairs "demonstrated the effectiveness" of the style.<ref name=BOLS/> Their partnership was terminated only by Trézel's late 1986 death in France. [[Alan Truscott]] then called it "one of the greatest partnerships in the history of the game"<ref name=truscott86/> and two years later asserted that many Europeans "cognoscenti" of 30 years earlier would have called them the "world's greatest partnership".<ref name=truscott88/>
He was also the author of several bridge books, including the Master Bridge Series with [[Terence Reese]].▼
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==Publications with Terence Reese==
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''Blocking, Unblocking and Safety Plays in Bridge''
* 1993: Houghton Mifflin (Boston), Master Bridge Series, 120p., ISBN 978-0-395-65669-3
==References==
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<ref name=BOLS> <!-- writer of biographical preface is Terence Reese, Sally Brock, or some IBPA editor -->
Jaïs, Pierre (1975). "Extend Your Distributional Signals". ''BOLS Bridge Tips''. With biographical preface. [http://www.bridgeace.com/Lessons/BOLS/1975_Jais_Extend_Signals.pdf Reprint]. Bridge Ace (bridgeace.com). Retrieved 2014-06-25.</ref>
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[[Alan Truscott |Truscott, Alan]] (25 November 1986). [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE1D81F3AF936A15752C1A960948260 "Bridge: The Death of Roger Trezel Ended a Great Partnership"]. ''The New York Times''. p. C18. Retrieved 2014-06-25.</ref>
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Truscott, Alan (20 November 1988). "Bridge: The Art of Defense". NYT. p. 69.</ref>
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==External links==
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* {{LCAuth|n79022025|Roger Trézel|21|ue}} (including 6 "from old catalog")
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